Senior Director, Business Analytics & Operations

Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

Wiley Research is executing a three-year transformation — from its strong publishing foundation through a connected intelligence layer to essential research infrastructure. The Business Management & Strategic Programs (BMSP) team is the connective tissue between the EVP's strategic agenda and the day-to-day work of the Research business. The Director, Business Analytics & Operations is the operating and analytical engine that keeps this ambition on track.

This role combines two critical capabilities: the disciplined operating-rhythm and executive-support functions of a business operations leader, and the data and analytics leadership needed to instrument a growth strategy in a complex and matrixed organization. The Senior Director partners directly with the VP, Business Management & Strategic Programs and the EVP and GM, Research to translate strategic direction into structured execution, and builds the analytical foundation — dashboards, KPI frameworks, pipeline intelligence, financial governance — without which no data-led growth model can scale.

The ideal candidate has operated at the intersection of business operations and data analytics in a large, matrixed organization, has supported P&L-owning senior leaders, and brings the credibility to act as a trusted proxy across functions. This is an execution-oriented role with visibility and consequence.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Business Operations & Executive Operating Rhythm

• Design and own the operating cadence for the EVP and GM, Research and its Business Management & Strategic Programs team. This will include weekly team meetings, executive meetings, monthly business reviews, and board reporting cycles — ensuring every session is decision-ready and action-tracked.
• Serve as a senior operating partner and trusted advisor to the VP; act as a credible proxy in cross-functional forums where the VP's perspective needs representation.
• Drive accountability across the Business Management & Strategic Programs team: maintain a central initiative register, track commitments, surface blockers, and ensure follow-through on strategic workstreams.
• Lead high-priority special projects on behalf of the VP, including those involving operating model design, crossfunctional alignment, and transformation sequencing.
• Prepare and quality-control executive-facing materials — board deck inputs, Research Leadership Team briefings, and EVP talking points — owning the narrative architecture that keeps the team's communications coherent across audiences.

2. Business Analytics & Performance Intelligence

• Stand up and own the Business Analytics function for the Business Management & Strategic Programs team — the data infrastructure the four strategic bets depend on to scale.
• Define, instrument, and maintain the core KPI set across the four strategic bets and enabling tracks; replace retrospective QBR reporting with a forward-looking pipeline accountability mechanism.
• Build integrated executive dashboards combining pipeline, revenue, commercial signals, and operational performance data; ensure senior leaders have decision-ready visibility at all times.
• Apply advanced analytical tools and techniques to complex business questions — modeling revenue scenarios, identifying behavioral signals, and quantifying the impact of strategic choices with clarity and speed.
• Partner with Technology & Operations and AI & Data Analytics teams to ensure data quality, governance, and infrastructure are fit for purpose; influence roadmap decisions where gaps exist.
• Leverage AI-augmented approaches to drive efficiency in analytics and reporting workflows — reducing preparation time, improving data integrity, and enabling faster leadership decisions.

3. Cross-Functional Program Leadership

• Lead a defined portfolio of cross-functional programs where the Business Management & Strategic Programs team provides connective tissue — defining scope, assembling working teams, tracking milestones, and surfacing blockers.
• Interface with Technology & Operations, AI & Data Analytics, Legal, and Finance on behalf of the VP and EVP/GM — aligning resources, resolving dependencies, and ensuring delivery visibility without duplicating existing PMO ownership.
• Coach Research leadership team members and their direct teams through operating model shifts, new governance structures, and strategic pivots as directed.
• Support the clean transition of successfully validated initiatives into their permanent organizational home, with full documentation and handoff.

Job Requirements:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in business operations, analytics, strategy, or a combination — ideally including a senior executive-support or business management role in a large, matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated track record supporting P&L-owning or senior executive leaders: owning operating rhythms, crossfunctional alignment, and executive communication.
• Strong analytical depth — comfortable building financial models, dashboards, and KPI frameworks; able to translate complex data into clear, decision-ready insights.
• Proven ability to build and instrument an analytics function from a limited foundation, including defining data standards and influencing data engineering teams.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability to prepare board-level materials, ghostwrite for senior executives, and adapt narrative for diverse audiences.
• High tolerance for ambiguity; bias for action; ability to drive structured execution without a defined playbook.
• Experience managing complex, multi-workstream programs across functions not directly managed.

Preferred:

• Prior experience at a global technology or comparable professional services organization with a sophisticated business management function.
• Familiarity with academic publishing, research technology, open access models, or scientific information — or a rapid ability to develop credibility in a new domain.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to drive efficiency in operations, analytics, and reporting workflows.
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree, or commensurate professional experience.
• Track record working across time zones and cultures in a global organization.

We power infinite possibilities.

For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere.

We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.

Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles in the United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, or Spain. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.

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